Is there a reason for a partition table on an USB flash drive?

Question

When I plugged in my new SanDisk USB flash-drive, then I noticed that it has a MBR present:

Disk /dev/sdc: 232.88 GiB, 250047627264 bytes, 488374272 sectors
Disk model:  SanDisk 3.2Gen1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1          32 488374271 488374240 232.9G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

What is the purpose of the partition table on a non-bootable USB flash drive? I guess at least under Linux it makes no difference other than mounting /dev/sdX instead of /dev/sdX1 when the file system is made directly on the physical device instead of a partition on the device? In addition, the usable space for files is tiny bit larger when not using a partition table because the file system does not need to start from the beginning of the partition.